Last week I discussed how empathy works in people like me, and why we aren't as 'unfeeling' as the general public seems to think. But I stopped short of explaining a possible reason for why the difference in empathic ability exists in the first place. Why? Well, to be honest I'd been researching and typing for nigh two hours, and really wanted to get the post out. Mostly though, it was because I knew that if I continued, I'd be there another two hours, and the post would have been far too long for comfortable reading, so I decided to split it in two. After all, that's the reason they decided to make The Hobbit into three films, right? Nothing to do with money at all...
